Kindercare Learning Centres - Silverdale
Education & Care
71 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Kingsway · Auckland - Hibiscus and Bays
ERO assessed this Kindercare Learning Centres service as Not well placed in November 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report found B grades across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, and whānau partnership. The service implements Te Whāriki with observation-based planning, children show confidence and independence, and whānau communication occurs through multiple channels.
AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
Kindercare Learning Centres Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Governing Organisation · 2024-08-26 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2024-08-26, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
ERO Review · 2018-11-29· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, underpins the centre's curriculum. Planning for learning is based on teachers' observations of children's emerging interests. Teachers are beginning to use information from parents to plan for children."
Te Whāriki implemented; observation-based planning; parent input emerging but developing.
"Children are settled and enjoy long periods of uninterrupted play. They interact confidently with adults and maintain friendships with their peers. Teachers foster children's independence and self-management skills through daily rituals and routines. A respectful and inclusive culture is evident throughout the centre."
Children settled, confident interactions, strong peer relationships, independence fostered.
"Teachers are committed to strengthening partnerships with families and use a variety of ways to communicate with them. Online portfolios provide a forum for parents, whānau and teachers to share information about children. Teachers value and respond to the information parents share about their children."
Multiple communication channels, online portfolios, responsive to parent information.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of Kindercare Learning Centres - Silverdale dated 2018-11-29, licensed CC-BY 4.0. The 4-point overall judgement is ERO's; the 6 dimension grades are our analysis of ERO's prose (see methodology). · Centre has 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where Kindercare Learning Centres - Silverdale hasn't been graded on a dimension, the composite uses the national average for that dimension as a placeholder. Each affected axis below is flagged est. When a new ERO review lands, the placeholder is replaced and the score may shift.
The composite is a weighted average of six ERO dimensions, each scored 0–100 (A=90, B=70, C=50, D=25). The "(p47)" style suffix shows where the centre sits within its EQI band (peer percentile, when ≥10 comparable centres in band). See methodology for the formula + limits.
Location
71 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Kingsway. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is Kindercare Learning Centres - Silverdale a free kindergarten?
- Kindercare Learning Centres - Silverdale is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at Kindercare Learning Centres - Silverdale?
- 105 children attend Kindercare Learning Centres - Silverdale (roll year 2025).
- Where is Kindercare Learning Centres - Silverdale?
- 71 Hibiscus Coast Highway Kingsway Auckland - Hibiscus and Bays
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #10211) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Suburb safety & demographics: SafeSuburbs ↗ · crimestats.co.nz ↗ · NZ Police RCVD + Stats NZ 2023 Census, CC-BY 4.0
- Funding policy (20 Hours / Childcare Subsidy / FamilyBoost): parents.education.govt.nz · WINZ · IRD · Crown copyright (policy only — we cite parameters, don't republish)
- Map tiles: © OpenStreetMap · © CARTO · ODbL + CC-BY 3.0
- Machine-readable formats: facts.json · markdown.md
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Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng
Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)
Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)
Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics
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